The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. N'OVEMBE‘R 4, 1904. Friday S with a ent of dark and medium lity” i of the a big saving; m The Best Creamery Butter—Cer- one of our reg- dependable re so to-day: tain to make y« r customers; to-day a Coffee — Java and Mocha — our Tower brand th 4oc 1b; to- 29¢ large size—Proc- four cakes. Z5e Ivo*y Soap—The - urprise No. Prices fcr To-Dav Oniv $1.50 Wrappers, 77c (Second Floor) These Women’s Flannelette Wrappers have been reduced specially for this one day. They are made of fine, heavy grade Flannelette, yoke and caps over the shoulders; the collar, yoke and cuffs dre trimmed with braid. made extra full and come in an unusually big assort- colors; there are all sizes. To-day the The style of these wrappers is excellent. Grocery Department Speaa!s for Frlday (Fourth Floor) is one of the chief features of these specials. 17 They are = Every ar- kind. Our prices always insure you Jesse Moore * Whiskey—the gen- K uine A. A. a bottle N0e Pabst Best Mait Extract—A fine nerve tonic—a dozen $2r10 Bourbon Whiskey—6 years old~ sour mash—a bottle- Se Boiled Cider—The very best nualv ity —quarts 4 ]ammca Rurn—Quan bottle. Tea Pots 25C 3d Floor As a Fri day Sur- prise we place on sale 500 Pots; this the best ware manufac- tured. It has three coats of pretty three F. Candles and Lam f1gisd Shades ¢ (3d Floor) The Friday Surprise contri- bution from tne crepe paper de- partment is a beautiful paper candlestick shade in four different colors-- pink. Nile green, yellow and red. These the at are just thing for ner parties, they give the table a decided tone At our price they exceptional values | Candles to mateh Great Stauonery Offermg 'KL« Th.r paper and r—ntmsud Fegulariy t 25c. IO ENVELOPES—A TABLETS— P$1 45 Comfor."tersv 89c (Main Floor) Here's a Friday Surprise that every housekeeper will welcome. We have pwted on sale a full size Com- forter, figured on both sides and filled with the finest pure white sanitary cotton. thick and fluffy, just ke is rayvr;‘f AIWAYS RELIABLE MARKET 5 JONES ST3S. |- down; the reduced price 1 Jn:anese md Foor) We will give you Sour® choice n) about 30 patterr apas T in Crepes; 27 inches wide. This will be sel E [~ All the Shopping Inducements that. have made this store popular are still here. in order for Fri only at \ EMBEZZLES (}SH AN SCHARGED r Norton and In- sctor O. M. Wel- of William H. later, comes an- internal revenue ich George A. Wright, Collector John C. Mr. Wright ssed from the the ciose of order of the 14 »f October by of having been ascer- the chief deputy had em- | rge sum of money from tes Revenue Agent ymas had been investigat- accounts and had found no shortage whatever. said, had demanded on because in his work, nts to run behind, of irregularities. ddx-d Mr. Lynch ‘held out’ money but that until tigation i have gone far none of the er property is I demanded he we that resigr mas declined to make t other than that he and ere making an Investiga- ight’'s accounts and that no longer in the Govern- ¢ Wr right w mer dispatch received from last night says that the B. M. enue Agent ounts examination of the d v'osrd that the shortage ed to the sum of $4000, which | was ; id to Collector Lynch yes- ¥, the shortage having begun last having been increas- sum stated by sub- bezzlements. It is not he Commissioner’s depart- Wright gambled away all but from information re- San Framcisco,” continues “it is evident that the young man had become of some unscrupulbus It is expected that United District Attorney Marshall B. worth for the Northern District California will be instructed to prosecute the dismissed official.” books believed in t th as Woo 4 of George A. Wright was interviewed at his home last night. He said that “his resignation had been accepted by Collector Lynch and that he had not been short in his accounts or com- mitted embezzlement in any manner. Mr. Wright is a nephew of Mrs. Walter N. Dimmick. He came from Los Angeles four years ago to succeed Deputy Frick, who had gone into the law business. Up to the present time he has always borne an excellent rep- utation and has many friends. A lit- tle more than a year ago Mr. Lynch was obliged to reprimand him for neglecting the duties of his office by reason of his convivial habits, but since his marriage shortly afterward he made a notable reform in that re- gard ————— - The parcels post will soon be ex- renced to Japan. Internal Revenue at | said yesterday thuat | we | made a few days ago | it was short in his | HARD BLOW FOR BOARD OF HEALTH There was consternation in the office of the Board of Health yesterday after- noon when Superior Judge Hebbard handed down a decision that knocks out the contention of the board that it has power to make appointments without the approval of the Civil Serv- ice Commissioners. The opinion was contained in a d(nlal of the application of James P. McQuade, Assistant War- den of the City and County Hospital, for a writ of mandate compelling Auditor Harry Baehr to audit his sal- ary warrant. The decigion affects the status of Sec- retary Louis Levy of the Board of Health and a number of employes who have from time to time, in recent months, been appointed to positions in the various departments controlled by the board without the formality of con- sulting the Civil Service Commissioh. I Up to the first of the year there was, in the gift of the Board of Health an office designated “‘Secretary of the City and Courty Hospital.” James McQuade | was the choice of the board for the po- sition, put it was found that the civil service rules barred him from being ap- pointed to it. board was called on January 9 and an | office designated “Assistant Warden and Custodian” was created, to which | McQuade was “assigned.” A salary of | $125 per month was voted him. Baehr refused to audit the salary warrant, | hence the suit. Devoto & Richards, his attorneys, argued that the board had the right, {in the interest of economy, the former office and that as the duties | of assistant warden and custodian | were different from those of a clerk | | the offices could not be considered a8 | | similar. The attorneys for the Auditor, in their brief, which was held good by the court, contended that there was | only one question involved: Was the ‘m splicant ever duly and legally ap- | pointed to the position which he fills? Granted they sald, that the board had power to abolish the position of clerk— and to remove Wolfe and create a new | position without the approval of the | Civil Service Commissioners, all of which is denied, the fact remained that the board had no power to ap- peint MeQuaide without the consent of the Civil Service Commission, which refused to give such consent. The ruling of Judge Hebbard, it is understood, will affect the other cases | in the Board of Health, wherein the | pesitions of secretary and sanitary in- spectors were abolished, new offices | created and new men appolnted to fill | them. The ousted employes have ap- plications for writs of mandate pend- ing. ———— e ——— Robs His Wounded Companion. Joseph Madden is held at the City Prison and his companion, John Rior- dan of 1109 Vallejo street, is at the Central Emergency Hospital with his right foot amputated. Riordan and Madden had been stealing a ride to the city on Wednesday night and near San Mateo Riordan's right foot was crushed by the cars. He and Madden were taken into the car and Madden was seen by the conductor and other train hands going through Riordan’s pockets and taking $5. When the train reached the city Mad- den was turned over to Policeman Bruce. Riordan d'chnd he weuld not prosecute him. § | tive and A special meeting of the | to abolish | a position under the classifled service— | BLACKSMITH OPPOSES MARQUIS Brands Man of Title as a Fraud ARG el PARIS, Nov. 3.—One of the most | singular features of the legal fight now | belng waged between the poor Spanish | blacksmith, Plerre Riera, and the Mar- quis de Casa Riera, for the latter's vast | fortunes and estates, is the fact that | the nobleman’s comparitively youthful { | i | | | appearance, upon which he especially | is being used as a | to justify the prides himself, | weapon against him i blacksmith’s claim that he is an im. | postor. The Marquis, if he be the in. | dividual he has long represented him- | self.to be, is now eighty-ome years old. | But he is remarkably vigorous and ac- looks like a well preserved man of sixty. According to his blacksmith rival, H ' who alleges that he has documentary evidence to prove it, that is his real age, If he is only sixty it is certain that he is not the Marquis de Casa Riera and the blacksmith will gain the title and the property and the fortune of between which goes with them. But it is not alone the striking dis- parity between the apparent yvears of ; the Marquis and the age he says he is which has caused many influential per- sons to back the poor man in his fight against the rich man and supply him with the means of prosecuting his claim. Recent evidence that has been gathered has satisfied many. shrewd lawyers that he really has a good case and stands a fair chance of ousting the Marquis and occupying his palatial residence in the Rue de Berri. TRAGEDY DARKENS STORY. The story, as it has now been pieced together, on which the blacksmith re- lies to win his suit is as weird and dramatic as many famed works of fic- .tion. It has aroused intense interest in the trial, which will begin in a few weeks and bids fair to become as fa- mous in legal annals as that fight of the butcher claimant for the Tichborne he o v opens with the first Mar- quis de Casa Riera, who was a man of humble origin, but rose to be a grandee of Spain and chamberlain of the Queen. The source of his great wealth has always been a mystery, but it is alleged to have originated in the theft of an immensely valuable casket of jewels from his royal mistress. However acquired, he gained a large fortune and lived in great splendor, about the middle of the last century, in a palace in the Calle del Alcala, Madrid. When he was fifty beautiful girl of eighteen, a daughter of one of his tenant farmers. Eleven months after her marriage the young Marchioness was found murdered in the palace, pierced by a dagger In a score of places. A baby had been born whose paternity, on account of its color, the Marquis disputed. There was a negro servant in his household who met with a sudden and violent death at the same time as did the Marchioness. WILL. OF THE MARQUIS. | The Marquis did not deny his guilt, | but on account of his position and J\\-hat were regarded as extenuating | circumstances he was allowed to leave | the country and settled in Paris, oc- | cupying the sumptuous hotel in the | Rue de Berri, in which the black- smith confidently expects he will re- | side some day. The palace in ' the Calle del Alcala remained tenantless for twenty-five years, save for the memories of the grim tragedy that had been enacted there, and with its doors walled up. It was known as the | house of silence until it was torn down and rebuilt. The Marquis died in Paris at a great age in 1881 and for sixteen years prior to that he had been totally blind. He had executed two wills. In the first he bequeathed his property to a cousin, who is still living, a nonogenarian, at Barcelona. In the second will, which is dated two years before his death, he left the bulk of the property to- his nephew, Jose Mora y Riera, and in case of his death to another nephew, Alexandro Mora. A third nephew, Gonzale a brother of the other two, was bequeathed a million franas. Jose Mora survived his inheritance | only forty-seven days, dying suddenly, and report has it unaccountably, in Madrid. The estate was then taken possession of by the man who claimed to be Jose'sebrother, Alexandro, and who for some twenty-three years has been known as the Marquis de Casa | Riera. POOR RELATION BOBS UP. In Spain the old Marquis had many poor relations. and some of them dreamed of the huge fortune which had been left in Paris and wondered how it happened that no share of it had come to them. Among them was the blacksmith, Peter Riera, a man of great natural shrewdness and keen appreciation of the value of money, for which all his life he had worked 80 hard. A few months ago he jour- neyed from Catalonia to Paris to in- quire into the matter for himself. | Learning that the old Marquis had | been blind and infirm for many years | before his death, he came to the con- clusion that there was good ground for an action to set his will aside on | the ground of the testator's mental in- capacity. For this undertaking he found some | pecuniary support, but the results of | researches and inguirles made con- vinced him and his financial * allies that he had a far better case than he | had figured on. = Chief among these | was the discovery, as proven by a par- | ish register, it was alleged, that Alex- andro Mora, brother of Jose Mora, ' had died in 1878 at San Martino de Sarroca, more than three years before Jose himself died. From this followed naturally the conclusion that the mah | who had obtained possession of the property of the Marquis was an im-, postor who had personated the dead Alexandro Mora. | DAMAGING EVIDENCE. Subsequent investigation, it is as- | serted, has furnished proof that the pnudo Marquis is really a man | named Foix, born in 1844, and a | nephew of a steward of the old Mar- quis. This steward, it is further de-~ | clared by the backers of the black- smith, is the same man who now re- sides at the palace in the Rue de Berri, ostensibly as the steward of the Marquis de Casa Riera. It is his tu- ! telage, it is maintained, which has he married a through successfully and in return for his assistance he shares in the Riera millions. Evidence, it is said, will be pro- duced showing that the tastes of the Marquis and his assoclate are really those of Spanish peasants; that when alone they prefer sitting at a kitchen table and eating bread and onions, to a sumptuous meal served in style. Further, it is declared that the Span- ish of the Marquis is by no means that of a man of rank and education. Gonzalo Mora died many according to the ch.lmmt, the same year as M ‘which leaves the as direct $30 000,000 and $40,000,000 ( enabled Foix to carry the imposture: l-l-— descendant of the elder brother Jose, the heir to the property. | SHARP CONTEST PROMISED. [ The Marquis professes to treat the | | | | | | claims of the blacksmith with con- | tempt, but it declared that he has secretly used his wealth and influence to put every obstacle in the way of | those who are scekimg evidence to prove him an impostor, in which he is assisted by the Spanish authorities. Parish registers and original docu- ments of which certifiéd conies have been obtained have mysteriously dis- appeared and Spanish witnesses have been arrested on flimsy pretexts, among them the magistrate who drew up the certified copy of the real Alex- andro’s death. The story is virtually a twentieth century version of that of the Marquis de Carabas. Popular interest in it has been heightened by a theory put for- ward that it is a secuel to the Hum- bert case and that the old Marquis was the original Crawford who fur- FRENCH NOBLEMAN BLE MECHANIC HIS TITLE AND ESTATE. P SR IR CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER Station. WASHINGTON, Nov. tice Melville preme Court of the United fice on March 5, Taft, Secretary of War. pelilng the Auditor to audit his warrant for $85 salary as assistant chemist and bacteriplo- Kist of the Health Department was granted by Judge Hebbard yesterday, holding that Kendall had been regularly appointed. The Auditor's defense waa that he had no money with which to pay Kendall without violating the ‘‘one- twelfth™ act. Chief Justice Fuller will 500 a year as long as he lives. . AND HUM- WHO CLAIMS TO RESIGN IN MARCH Secretary of War Taft, It Is Said, Will Be Appointed to the High 3.—Chief Jus- W. Fuller of the Su- | plans, it is said, to resign his high of- 1905, the day after he has administered the oath of office nished the millions with which La |to the successful candidate in the| Grande Therese sulled her creditors. | Presidential election next Tuesday. ———e———— If President Roosevelt be elected it KENDALL GETS SALARY.—C. G. Ken- |18 Teported to be his plan to offer the dall's application for & writ of mandamus eom- | POSt of Chief Justice to William H. There is no official confirmation of these reports. years old on February 11, 1905. is accordingly entitled to retire from the bench and enjoy a salary of $10,- and Files a Suit For His Estate —r[! ) P States be 72 He THERE HELLER INCORP MARKET AND GRANT AVENUE OPENING TO-MORROW AND AFTER & FRANK ORATED WILL SELL THE HIGHEST TYPE OF MEN’S CLOTHES STREET MOTHER WOULD RECOVER CHILD Asks St. Louis Police to Aid | in Regaining Daughter| Now in San Francisco! —_—— Specfal Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3.—Mrs. Louis Szellig of 1424 Olive street to-day called | upon Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Dalton and asked him to aid her in re- covering possession of her little daugh- ter, seven years old. She said the child was now in San Francisco with its | father, Daniel Szellig. She told Dalton she was separated from her husband and had been for some time. Six weeks ago, she said, he had abducted the child, at the same time taking their savings, amounting tc $135. “I did not know what had become of him or my child,” she said. “I tried to get some trace of them, but not until this morning did I know where he had gone. 1 got a letter from him, dated at San Francisco. In it he says Ouve is sick and wants to come back to me. He says I must send transportat and he will send the éhild. I would | do this but for lack of funds When Dalton told her he could do nothing unless Szellig returned to St. | Louts, she was greatly disappointed. | —_————— | CHICAGO BANK CLERKS | COUNT CASH AGAINST TIME | Novel Contest to Test Speed of Money Handlers Held in the Windy City. | CHICAGO, Nov. 3.—A money count- | ing and adding contest has been held at the I'irst National Bank under the auspices of the American Institute of Bank Clerks. Twelve packages of | mixed bank bills of $5, $10 and $20 | denominations and aggregating $8000 | each were carried into a cage under the guard of twelve policemen. Twelve representatives from as many Chicago banks sorted the money, “proved” it, cpunted it into $500 packages, strapped | it up and initialed it under the critical | gaze of 300 of their fellow clerks. | The first prize was won by Lemoyne 8. Hatch of the First National Bank in 21 minutes 6 4-5 seconds. Neatness, accuracy and speed were the essential points. | specialists { this country. 'BALDWIN FINDS LOST AIRSHIP “C Ellfomla Arrow” Lands Few Miles to Westward of Spot Where It Broke Loose R VSN o ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3.—The airship of Captain T. S. Baldwin, which sudden- Iy slipped away last night as it was | bein~ towed in from the country to the | aeronautic concourse, was found to- day sixteen miles west of St. Louis. It was unharmed by its wild night flight save for two small rents in the gas bag, which Captain Baldwin stated | could be repaired in half an hour. Word reached Baldwin late in the day that his airship had been found. He and Aeronaut Knabenshue hurried to the scene in an automobile and were rejoiced to find the aerial craft unin- jured with the exception of the two light tears in the balloon. Captain Baldwin to-night said that he expected to have the airship in readiness for a flight by Saturday af- ternoon. —————————— THROAT SPECIALISTS MEET AND DISCUSS DISEASE Cancer of Larynx Subject of Paper Prepared for Gathering by Able English Doctor. NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—Hundreds of in diseases of the throat from this and many other cities have | gathered to hear what they consider one of the moss important papers on cancer of the lJarynx ever presented in It was prepared and read by Sir Felix Semon of London under the auspices of the section of laryngology and rhinology of the New York Academy ‘of Medicine. Sir Felix laid great stress upon the necessity for men who had reached the age of 40 years to watch closely for symptoms of cancer of the larynx. He advised those approaching middle age not to delay in seeing @ physician if he were troubled by hoarseness. The redness of the throat and the for- mation of a nodule in the vicinity of the larynx were danger signals which, he said, should not be neglected. Sir Felix, in contradicting the the- ory of many American pratitioners, declared that if the cancer were rec- ognized in its early stages it could be cured without the removal of the lar- ¥nx. Suits as Pictured Regular $12.50 Value for 3745 There is a saying in business circles that trade is always quiet just before a Presiden- tial election. People’s attention is occupied with interest in the campaign and but little thought is devoted to buying. This may be so, but it will not affect our store. We want the month of November to be just as vigorous and strong as ever. In fact, we want and expect to do more business. This is the reason for the sale of these $12.50 sack suits for $7.45. For no other reason whatsoever we took several lines of garments which were selling at $12.50 and marked them plainly—$7.45. They comprise single-breasted cheviot suits in blue, black an fancy fall patterns. The sale starts this morning. As we do just what we say we will do, you can count on a saving of $5.00 in buying one of these suits. Remember the reduction is made from our already low prices. Mon's, Hats.- At this price ADVERTISEMENTS. 00D 740 Market Street